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Dr Lionel Lamauht, emergency doctor at Necker Hospital, indicates that during this Covid-19 epidemic, there is a decrease in consultations for other diseases.

However, it is impossible that they have disappeared: this means that people affected by diseases other than the coronavirus, did not go to the hospital in the event of a problem, perhaps for fear of catching the disease. Covid-19.

This effect delays the management of these other diseases, which can be serious in the case of a heart attack or stroke for example. Dr Lamauht therefore recalls that in the event of chest pain or paralysis, do not hesitate to call 15 to go to the hospital, patients will of course be taken care of.

In this period of crisis linked to new coronavirus, the board for the chronically ill is to continue taking their treatment. It is important to continue to take care of yourself. In case of suspicion or confusion of symptoms, it is necessary to make the decision to contact your doctor, by phone as a first step. 

Interview carried out by the journalists of 19.45 broadcast every evening on M6.